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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is William Teys murdered?
(a) He's shot with a rifle.
(b) He's decapitated with an ax.
(c) He is beaten with a golf club.
(d) He is strangled with a belt.

2. What do Danny and Ezra Farmington find at Keldale Abbey three years prior to William Teys' murder?
(a) A murdered priest.
(b) An abandoned baby.
(c) A suitcase filled with counterfeit money.
(d) A stolen emerald necklace.

3. What aristocratic title does Inspector Lynley hold?
(a) Viscount Faimon.
(b) The 8th Earl of Asherton.
(c) The Marquis of Lidenberry.
(d) The 5th Duke of Hornchester.

4. Who are Hank and JoJo Watson?
(a) Eyewitnesses to William Teys' murder.
(b) American tourists staying at Keldale Hall.
(c) A married couple who work at Scotland Yard.
(d) Sergeant Barbara Havers' best friends.

5. Why does Sergeant Barbara Havers think she has been chosen to work with Lynley on the investigation of the murder of William Teys?
(a) She's too unattractive to tempt him.
(b) She's being given a promotion.
(c) She's from the village where the murder occurred.
(d) She has experience as a forensics investigator.

6. What does Jimmy Havers sneak over to Mr. Patel's convenience store to purchase?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Lottery tickets.
(c) Beer.
(d) Snuff.

7. Who owns Keldale Hall?
(a) Mrs. Burton-Thomas.
(b) Olivia Odell.
(c) Tessa Mowery.
(d) Sopha Odell.

8. What do the toxicology reports indicate are in William Teys' blood at the time of his murder?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Sleeping pills.
(c) Arsenic.
(d) Rat poisoning.

9. Who is Danny?
(a) The Teys family dog.
(b) The maid at Keldale Hall.
(c) Sergeant Barbara Havers' brother.
(d) Inspector Lynley's adopted son.

10. What relative of Sergeant Barbara Havers has died of leukemia?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her husband.

11. As the book opens, how many murders have occurred around London train stations in the last five weeks?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Eighty.

12. Who is driving the car the night of the accident that cripples Simon Allcourt-St. James for life?
(a) Superintendent Webberly.
(b) Sergeant Barbara Havers.
(c) Inspector Lynley.
(d) Lady Helen Clyde.

13. What do the letters CID stand for in the novel "A Great Deliverance"?
(a) Criminal Investigation Division.
(b) Criminal Isolation Department.
(c) Central Intelligence Department.
(d) Chief Inspector Detective.

14. At what train station does Father Hart disembark?
(a) Waterloo.
(b) King's Cross.
(c) Victoria.
(d) Vauxhall.

15. What does Jimmy Havers refuse to do, even though it would improve his health?
(a) Lose weight.
(b) Stop smoking.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Eat less fat and more green vegetables.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Inspector Lynley's brother-in-law was murdered five years ago, who did Chief Inspector Nies arrest for the crime?

2. Why is evidence of Gillian's existence destroyed by her father?

3. Which of the following statements does not describe Richard Gibson?

4. In what part of London does Sergeant Barbara Havers live?

5. What food served at the Dove and Whistle pub reminds Sergeant Barbara Havers of her family's squalid home?

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